IPSISSIMA VERBA
A discussion arose one day, in the winter season, between several members of a West-end Club, as to the value of flannel underwear. A London physician, who was appealed to, upheld the need for this, and it was afterwards found that his name, Alfred James Andrew Lennane, treated as an anagram, becomes “Man needs aired flannel wear.” This was singular, but a much more curious coincidence of similar sort was discovered by an expert in anagrams.
Another member took quite an opposite view, and declared that all should wear linen. By a wonderful chance his name, Edward Bernard Kinsila, resolves itself into the actual words that came from his lips—“A d—— bad risk Dr., wear linen!”
A CHRISTMAS CARD
| AN ANAGRAM | ||
| “Christmas comes but once a year.” So by Christ came a rescue to man. | ||
PALINDROMES
OR
SENTENCES THAT READ BOTH WAYS
NAPOLEON’S PALINDROME
Able was I ere I saw Elba.